Said to have been one of the fastest mares in Argentine history, Doria was also a first-rate broodmare. Two of her daughters won the Gran Premio 25 de Mayo (now a Group I race), and one of them, Dorine, founded a family of high-class performers in both Argentina and the Northern Hemisphere.

Race record

30 starts,18 wins, 9 seconds, 1 third, 740,000 Argentine pesos

1952:

Won Clásico Ecuador (ARG)

1953:

Won Clásico Ecuador (ARG)

Won Clásico Adolfo y Rufino Luro (ARG)

Won Clásico General Alvear (ARG, 1000mD, Palermo)

Won Clásico Maipú (ARG, 1000mD, Palermo)

1954:

Won Clásico Ramon Biaus (ARG)

Won Clásico Primavera (ARG)

Assessments

Widely considered to be the top Argentine sprinter of her era.

As an individual

A long-backed chestnut mare with a sharply sloping croup and a long, sloping pelvis, Doria was slightly short-legged for her height.

Doretta (1960, by Aristophanes) won the Gran Premio 25 de Mayo and other stakes races.

Dorileo (1964, by Aristophanes) was second in the 1967 Polla de Potrillos (Argentine Two Thousand Guineas) and was a multiple stakes winner in the United States.

Connections

Doria was bred by Haras Ojo de Agua and was owned by Caballeriza Ojo de Agua.

Pedigree notes

Doria is inbred 3x3 to Tracery and is the produce of two inbred parents as her sire Advocate is 4x4 to 1911 English champion sire Sundridge while her dam Donatila is 4x4 to four-time Argentine leading sire Gay Hermit. Doria is a half sister to Donvina (by Pont l'Eveque), second dam of 1975 Vanity Handicap (USA-I) winner Dulcia, and to Donnetta (by Pont l'Eveque), second dam of 1980 Clásico Nacional Ricardo Lyon (CHI-I) winner Maipon and multiple Uruguayan Group II winner Donzettino.

Doria and her siblings were produced from Donatila, whose sire Congreve was a seven-time champion sire and five-time champion broodmare sire in Argentina. The next dam in the tail-female line, Doña Inez, is by 1916 Gran Premio Nacional (Argentine Derby) winner Saint Emilion out of Doña Cecilla (by 1911 Argentine champion sire Pietermaritzburg), whose full sister Mouchette won the Gran Premio Carlos Pelligrini in 1911 and 1912 and produced 1920 Polla de Potrancas (Argentine One Thousand Guineas) winner Papusa (by Papanatas). Doña Cecilla is also a half sister to Portena (by Cyllene), second dam of 1932 Polla de Potrancos (Argentine Two Thousand Guineas) winner Correlo.

Fun facts

Doria held the South American record for 1000 meters (about 5 furlongs) for 12 years.